TAWDRINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TAWDRINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAWDRINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAWDRINESS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAWDRINESS
No single letter turns TAWDRINESS into another word.
How TAWDRINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TAWDRINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAWDRINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAWDRINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being cheap, showy and gaudy in appearance.
Tawdriness suggests glitter without real worth, like tinsel on a shabby stage. It can also describe things that are sordid or tasteless in a moral sense.
How TAWDRINESS is used
Tawdriness is used critically of decoration, entertainment and behaviour.
- The tawdriness of the seaside arcade was part of its charm.
- Reviewers complained about the tawdriness of the costumes.
- Beneath the glamour lay a certain tawdriness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAWDRINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAWDRINESS
1 longer words begin with TAWDRINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TAWDRINESS
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Common questions about TAWDRINESS
- Is TAWDRINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAWDRINESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAWDRINESS worth?
- TAWDRINESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAWDRINESS mean?
- The quality of being cheap, showy and gaudy in appearance.
- What letters can be added to TAWDRINESS?
- No single letter can be added to TAWDRINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TAWDRINESS:
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